William Shakespeare may have said, ‘What’s in a name’? But for a politician, names matter, particularly during elections. In an embarrassing situation, the BJP national President JP Nadda was seen referring to the party’s 19 South Shillong candidates and incumbent legislator as Sanabore or sometimes Sanamore.
Sanbor Shullai is not an ordinary name within the state BJP. The incumbent three time legislator is very popular in his constituency and infact parties like the ruling NPP couldn’t find a suitable candidate against him.
The lack of homework was quite visible during the speech of the BJP National president as he kept his facts and figures ready to give National statistics but missed out on candidates’ names.